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Amending Chapter 9-208 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sidewalk Caf?s" and Title 4, Subcode "A" of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Use Registration Permits," by adding new provisions allowing restaurants applying for a sidewalk caf? permit or temporary lot uses permit to allow outdoor entertainment; all under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code is amended to read as follows:
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? 9-208. Sidewalk Caf?s
(1) Definitions.
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(e) Outdoor Entertainment. Entertainment, including but not limited to, music, television, and performances that are provided by a business with a sidewalk caf? permit, streetery, temporary street closure, or temporary lot closure for their patrons outside. Outdoor Entertainment shall exclude adult cabarets.
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(4) License Applications
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(d) A recipient of a Sidewalk Caf? permit, or a recipient of a streetery permit or temporary street closure permit, pursuant to regulations, shall be eligible to provide Outdoor Entertainment until December 31, 2021, so long as all other provisions of the Philadelphia Code are adhered to, including the following:
(.1) This provision shall apply retroactively to any applicant that had prior approval for a sidewalk caf? permit, streetery-street closure, or temporary lot closure.
(.2) Permittees must notify the City, through the streetery@phila.gov email address, that an Outdoor Entertainment performance is scheduled seventy-two (72) hours in advance of the Outdoor Entertainment performance taking place. The Streets Department may, by regulation, extend the notification requirement for significant geographic areas of the City when there is a determination that a longer notification period is necessary to ensure that the health and public safety of this significant geographic area of the City is sufficiently considered and ...
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